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(1983).						cinerea, d'orbigny, ecaudatus, fuscus, mordax, murinus, rufus.			cinerea, dorbignyi, ecaudatus, fuscus, mordax, murinus, rufus	rotundus, murinus		rotundus	rotundus - cinerea, dorbignyi, ecaudatus, fuscus, mordax, murinus, rufus	rotundus, ecaudatus, rufus, infundibiliforme, cinerea, dorbignyi, murinus, fuscus, mordax		rotundus	rotundus - cinerea, dorbignyi, ecaudatus, fuscus, mordax, murinus, rufus	rotundus, ecaudatus, rufus, infundibiliforme, cinerea, dorbignyi, murinus, fuscus, mordax	rotundus, ecaudatus, rufus, infundibiliformis, cinereus, dorbignyi, murinus, dorbignii, fuscus, mordax, puntajudensis 	rotundus	rotundus - cinerea, dorbignyi, ecaudatus, fuscus, mordax, murinus, rufus 	rotundus (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1810)|rotundifolius (Ranzani, 1820) [nomen novum]|ecaudatus (H. R. Schinz, 1821)|rufus zu Wied-Neuwied, 1826|infundibiliformis (Rengger, 1830)|cinereus (d'Orbigny, 1835)|dorbignyi G. R. Waterhouse, 1838|murinus J. A. Wagner, 1840|dorbignii Lesson, 1842 [incorrect subsequent spelling]|fuscus Burmeister, 1854|infundibulum (Giebel, 1855) [incorrect subsequent spelling]|orbignyi Giebel, 1855 [incorrect subsequent spelling]|mordax Burmeister, 1879 [nomen novum]|puntajudensis WoÅ‚oszyn & Mayo, 1974		Corbet, G.B. and Hill, J.E. 1980. A World List of Mammalian Species. British Museum (Natural History), London, 226 pp.	Common vampire bat	N Mexico – C Chile, N Argentina, Uruguay, Trinidad	Honacki, J.H., Kinman, K.E. and Koeppl, J.W. 1982. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Allen Press, Lawrence, 694 pp.	Desmodus rotundus	Paraguay, Asuncion.	E. Geoffroy	1810	Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, 15:181.	Distribution: Same as for genus.		Corbet, G.B. and Hill, J.E. 1991. A World List of Mammalian Species. Third edition. Oxford University Press, London, 243 pp. ISBN 0-19-854017-5	Common vampire bat	N Mexico – C Chile, N Argentina, Uruguay, Trinidad, f Cuba	Koopman, K.F. 1993. Order Chiroptera. Pp. 137–242 in Wilson, D.E. and Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Second edition. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, 1206 pp.	E. Geoffroy	1810	Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, 15:181.	See Greenhall et al. (1983, Mammalian Species, 202).	Uruguay, N Argentina, and N Chile to Sonora, Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas (Mexico); Margarita Isl (Venezuela); Trinidad.	Paraguay, Asuncion.		E. GEOFFROY	1810	Size fairly large (forearm length, 55-63 mm; condylobasal length, 20 22 mm).	Distribution: Same as for genus.	No subspecies are here recognized.		94	species	D. rotundus	E. GEOFFROY	1810	Desmodus	genus	Desmodus rotundus				Size fairly large (forearm length, 55-63 mm; condylobasal length, 20 22 mm).	No subspecies are here recognized.		1. D. rotundus (E. GEOFFROY 1810).	1	_D. r. murinus_ Wagner, 1840; _D. r. puntajudensis_ WoÅ‚oszyn & Mayo, 1974 (holocene); _D. r. rotundus_ (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1810) (synonyms: _cinereus_ (d'Orbigny, 1835), _dorbignyi_ Waterhouse, 1838, _ecaudatus_ (Schinz, 1821), _fuscus_ Burmeister, 1854, _infundibiliformis_ (Rengger, 1830), _mordax_ Burmeister, 1879, _rotundifolius_ (Ranzani, 1820), _rufus_ Wied-Neuwied, 1826)			Don E. Wilson & DeeAnn M. Reeder (editors). 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp. (Available from Johns Hopkins University Press, 1-800-537-5487 or (410) 516-6900, or at http://www.press.jhu.edu).	CHIROPTERA	Phyllostomidae	Desmodontinae		Desmodus rotundus	Desmodus		rotundus	E. Geoffroy	y	1810		Ann. Mus. Natn. Hist. Nat. Paris	15		181		Common Vampire Bat	Paraguay, Asunción (restricted by Cabrera, 1958).	Uruguay, N Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia, and N Chile north to Sonora, Nuevo León and Tamaulipas (Mexico); Margarita Isl (Venezuela); Trinidad.	IUCN 2003 and IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc).	cinerea D'Orbigny, 1834; dorbignyi Waterhouse, 1838; ecaudatus Schinz, 1821; fuscus Burmeister, 1854; mordax Burmeister, 1879; murinus Wagner, 1840; rufus Wied-Neuwied, 1824.	See Greenhall et al. (1983).	03A687BCFFBAFFBD16BFF7A9FABCF70A	Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 9 Bats, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions	978-84-16728-19-0	hbmw_9_Phyllostomidae_444.pdf.imf	hash://md5/ff9fffc4ffb1ffb1133cffbaffe0f244	495	zip:hash://sha256/ec5fd314a06aba1a7b0b72f23e54ac625ae272bd98f82f1d01f4c09627d9e8e0!/treatments-xml-main/data/03/A6/87/03A687BCFFBAFFBD16BFF7A9FABCF70A.xml	Desmodus rotundus	Phyllostomidae	Desmodus	rotundus		1810	Vampire commun @fr | Gewohnlicher Vampir @de | Vampirocomun @es	Phyllostoma rotundum E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1810 , “ Paraguay .” Restricted by A. Cabrera in 1958 to Asuncion , Paraguay . Two subspecies are recognized.	D.r.rotundusE.GeoffroySaint-Hilaire,1810—Colombia,Venezuela,theGuianas,Ecuador,Peru,Brazil,Bolivia,Paraguay,NChile,Argentina,andUruguay;alsoonMargaritaandTrinidadIs. D. r. murinus Wagner, 1840 — from Sonora and Tamaulipas in N Mexico S through Central America to N & W Colombia and W Andean slopes in Ecuador and Peru .	Head-body 68-93 mm (tailless), ear 16-21 mm, hindfoot 13-22 mm, forearm 52-64 mm; weight 25-40 g. Females are larger than males in most measurements. Subspecies are indistinguishable and separated by only distribution. Dorsum is generally darker than venter, which is silvery gray, but fur can vary from gray to red, gold, and orange. The Common Vampire Bat has short face, with reduced nasal leaf forming simple fold over nostrils. Upper incisors are highly developed in the form of a blade. Braincase is large, narrow frontally, and very broad posteriorly. Despite its efficiency in biting, bite force is much less than expected by its size. Forearms are covered by abundant fur, and first digit is highly developed allowing efficient quadrupedal locomotion supported by strong rotary muscles of forearm and muscles of hindlimbs. Uropatagium is almost absent, remaining simply as a fold. Dental formulais11/2,C1/1,P 1/2, M 1/1 ( x2 ) = 20. Chromosomal complement has 2n = 28 and FN = 52.	All types of habitats, particularly lowland and mid-elevation habitats in South America, including open pastures, savannas, tropical and subtropical forests and dry forests, from sea level to elevations of 3600 m . Common Vampire Bats usually roost in small groups of 20-100 individuals but sometimes up to 5000 individuals, and they use variety of roosts including abandoned houses, caves, crevices, hollow trunks, and culverts, usually away from human settlements. Roosts can be shared with other species of bats including other species of vampire bats.	Common Vampire Bats feed on blood (sanguivorous) of large mammals (including humans) and birds. They have particular techniques and adaptations to obtain blood, including terrestrial locomotory skills on the ground such as deliberate walking, running, and hopping, sometimes interrupted by short flights. After a Common Vampire Bat bits its victim, blood flows into the bat’s mouth along grooves on undersurface of tongue. Flow results from suction created in pharynx by lingual movements. Presence of anticoagulant factor, named Draculin, prevents blood from clotting by inhibiting the activated Factor X (FXa), the key enzyme in the coagulation cascade.	The Common Vampire Bat is monoestrous and gives birth to only one offspring after seven months of gestation. It breeds throughout year. Young complete development after ¢.7 months. Common Vampire Bats are known to live 18 years in the wild and up to 19-5 years in captivity.	Common Vampire Bats are nocturnal. Similar to other vampire bats (e.g. Hairy-legged Vampire Bat, Diphylla ecaudata ), its activity is restrained to the darkest period of the night, and it is influenced by environmental factors, mostly moonlight, rain, and strong winds.	Common Vampire Bats move 5-8 km from diurnal roosts, and some individuals have returned to their roosts after being released 120 km away, apparently by recognizing landscape patterns. It is common to find stable groups over long periods of time, representing aggregation of different sexes and ages, with males and females occasionally segregated in the same roost. Young Common Vampire Bats can feed on regurgitated blood from their mothers; females will even be altruistic and feed orphaned young of the colony.	Classified as Least Concern on The [UCN Red List.	Aguirre et al. (2002) | Baker et al. (1988) | Barquez et al. (2015a) | Cabrera (1958) | Fernandez et al. (1999) | Greenhall et al. (1983) | Kwon & Gardner (2008) | Teran & Aguirre (2007b) | Tirira (2017) | Uieda (1987)	https://zenodo.org/record/6458632/files/figure.png	15. Common Vampire Bat Desmodus rotundus French: Vampire commun / German: Gewohnlicher Vampir / Spanish: Vampiro comun Taxonomy. Phyllostoma rotundum E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1810 , “ Paraguay .” Restricted by A. Cabrera in 1958 to Asuncion , Paraguay . Two subspecies are recognized. Subspecies and Distribution. D.r.rotundusE.GeoffroySaint-Hilaire,1810—Colombia,Venezuela,theGuianas,Ecuador,Peru,Brazil,Bolivia,Paraguay,NChile,Argentina,andUruguay;alsoonMargaritaandTrinidadIs. D. r. murinus Wagner, 1840 — from Sonora and Tamaulipas in N Mexico S through Central America to N & W Colombia and W Andean slopes in Ecuador and Peru . Descriptive notes. Head-body 68-93 mm (tailless), ear 16-21 mm, hindfoot 13-22 mm, forearm 52-64 mm; weight 25-40 g. Females are larger than males in most measurements. Subspecies are indistinguishable and separated by only distribution. Dorsum is generally darker than venter, which is silvery gray, but fur can vary from gray to red, gold, and orange. The Common Vampire Bat has short face, with reduced nasal leaf forming simple fold over nostrils. Upper incisors are highly developed in the form of a blade. Braincase is large, narrow frontally, and very broad posteriorly. Despite its efficiency in biting, bite force is much less than expected by its size. Forearms are covered by abundant fur, and first digit is highly developed allowing efficient quadrupedal locomotion supported by strong rotary muscles of forearm and muscles of hindlimbs. Uropatagium is almost absent, remaining simply as a fold. Dental formulais11/2,C1/1,P 1/2, M 1/1 ( x2 ) = 20. Chromosomal complement has 2n = 28 and FN = 52. Habitat. All types of habitats, particularly lowland and mid-elevation habitats in South America, including open pastures, savannas, tropical and subtropical forests and dry forests, from sea level to elevations of 3600 m . Common Vampire Bats usually roost in small groups of 20-100 individuals but sometimes up to 5000 individuals, and they use variety of roosts including abandoned houses, caves, crevices, hollow trunks, and culverts, usually away from human settlements. Roosts can be shared with other species of bats including other species of vampire bats. Food and Feeding. Common Vampire Bats feed on blood (sanguivorous) of large mammals (including humans) and birds. They have particular techniques and adaptations to obtain blood, including terrestrial locomotory skills on the ground such as deliberate walking, running, and hopping, sometimes interrupted by short flights. After a Common Vampire Bat bits its victim, blood flows into the bat’s mouth along grooves on undersurface of tongue. Flow results from suction created in pharynx by lingual movements. Presence of anticoagulant factor, named Draculin, prevents blood from clotting by inhibiting the activated Factor X (FXa), the key enzyme in the coagulation cascade. Breeding. The Common Vampire Bat is monoestrous and gives birth to only one offspring after seven months of gestation. It breeds throughout year. Young complete development after ¢.7 months. Common Vampire Bats are known to live 18 years in the wild and up to 19-5 years in captivity. Activity patterns. Common Vampire Bats are nocturnal. Similar to other vampire bats (e.g. Hairy-legged Vampire Bat, Diphylla ecaudata ), its activity is restrained to the darkest period of the night, and it is influenced by environmental factors, mostly moonlight, rain, and strong winds. Movements, Home range and Social organization. Common Vampire Bats move 5-8 km from diurnal roosts, and some individuals have returned to their roosts after being released 120 km away, apparently by recognizing landscape patterns. It is common to find stable groups over long periods of time, representing aggregation of different sexes and ages, with males and females occasionally segregated in the same roost. Young Common Vampire Bats can feed on regurgitated blood from their mothers; females will even be altruistic and feed orphaned young of the colony. Status and Conservation. Classified as Least Concern on The [UCN Red List. Bibliography. Aguirre et al. (2002), Baker et al. (1988), Barquez et al. (2015a), Cabrera (1958), Fernandez et al. (1999), Greenhall et al. (1983), Kwon & Gardner (2008), Teran & Aguirre (2007b), Tirira (2017), Uieda (1987).	Simmons, N.B. and A.L. Cirranello. 2022B. Bat Species of the World: A taxonomic and geographic database. Accessed on 10/11/2022.	Phyllostomidae	Desmodus rotundus	Desmodus		rotundus	E. Geoffroy	1810	1	Ann. Mus. Natn. Hist. Nat. Paris	0.7507	Common Vampire Bat	 cinerea D'Orbigny, 1834; dorbignyi Waterhouse, 1838; ecaudatus Schinz, 1821; fuscus Burmeister, 1854; mordax Burmeister, 1879; murinus Wagner, 1840; rufus Wied-Neuwied, 1824	Paraguay, Asunci&oacuten (restricted by Cabrera, 1958)	Sonora, Nuevo Le&oacuten, and Tamaulipas (Mexico) south through N Chile, N Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay; Margarita Isl (Venezuela); Trinidad	Not listed.	Least Concern	See Greenhall et al. (1983).	Mammal Diversity Database. (2023). Mammal Diversity Database (Version 1.11) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7830771 released 15 April 2023	Desmodus rotundus	23	Common Vampire Bat		Theria	Placentalia	Boreoeutheria	Laurasiatheria	CHIROPTERA	VESPERTILIONIFORMES	NA	NA	NOCTILIONOIDEA	PHYLLOSTOMIDAE	DESMODONTINAE	DESMODONTINI	Desmodus	NA	rotundus	É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire	1810	1						"Paraguay." Restricted by A. Cabrera in 1958 to Asunción, Paraguay.			rotundus (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1810)|ecaudatus (Schinz, 1821)|rufus Wied-Neuwied, 1826|infundibiliforme (Rengger, 1830)|cinerea (d'Orbigny, 1835)|dorbignyi Waterhouse, 1838|murinus J. A. Wagner, 1840|fuscus Burmeister, 1854|mordax Burmeister, 1879	NA	NA	Mexico|Belize|Guatemala|El Salvador|Honduras|Nicaragua|Costa Rica|Panama|Colombia|Venezuela|Trinidad & Tobago|Guyana|Suriname|French Guiana|Ecuador|Peru|Brazil|Bolivia|Paraguay|Uruguay|Argentina|Chile	North America|South America	Nearctic|Neotropic	LC	0	0	0	Desmodus_rotundus	0	sciname match	Desmodus_rotundus	0	IUCN. 2022. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022-1. https://www.iucnredlist.org. Accessed on [28 September, 2022].	6510	Desmodus rotundus	ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	CHIROPTERA	PHYLLOSTOMIDAE	Desmodus	rotundus	(É. Geoffroy, 1810)		20000000	Desmodus rotundus	Least Concern		2015	2015-07-20 00:00:00 UTC	3.1	English	This species is listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution, presumed large population tolerance of a degree of habitat modification, and because it is unlikely to be declining at nearly the rate required to qualify for listing in a threatened category.	This species is found in large colonies, ;ranging from 20 to 100 individuals although much larger colonies (up to 5,000) have been reported. ;Desmodus rotundus ;roosts in moderately lighted caves with deep fissures, and in tree hollows. Common Vampire Bats can also be found in old wells, mine shafts and abandoned buildings. Roosts often smell strongly of ammonia because of the digested blood that has collected in the crevices and on the floors of the roosts (Mulheisen and Anderson 2001). ;Common Vampire Bats are limited to warm climates. It can be found in both arid and humid parts of the tropics and subtropics. It occurs up to 2,400 m asl (Ramirez pers. comm.). It is hematophagous, meaning it feeds on blood. ; This bat is a social animal that hunts and lives in groups. Individuals live in colonies consisting of both males and females. In captivity, dominance hierarchies based on access to food were observed, but there is little conclusive evidence of complex hierarchies in the wild. Curiously, most close associations are formed between several females or females and their offspring; adult males do not form close social ties in the roost. Females frequent more roost site than males, making associations in many different places. The associations between females are maintained over many years. Wilkinson (1985, 1986) reported that although self-grooming occurs more often, social grooming is an important part of the Common Vampire Bat's behaviour. Social grooming usually occurs between females and their offspring, but it is also significant between adult females. The adult females participating in grooming are usually closely related or roost mates. Wilkinson (1986) found that social grooming has more to do with food sharing than with the removal of ectoparasites. In many instances, social grooming begins with one female approaching another and grooming her for as long as two minutes. The female being groomed then regurgitates part of her blood meal for the grooming female. It is also common to see females regurgitate food for their offspring.	This species is persecuted due to rabies but this is not a major threat.	This species is abundant.	Stable	This species occurs in Uruguay, northern Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia and northern Chile, north to Sonora, Nuevo León and Tamaulipas (Mexico). It also occurs on Margarita Island (Venezuela) and Trinidad (Simmons 2005).	This species it not utilised.	Terrestrial	There is a need to promote education of people to prevent further colony elimination.	Nearctic|Neotropical		FALSE	FALSE	Global	Simmons, N. B., & Cirranello, A. L. (2023). Batnames.org Species List Version 1.4 (1.4). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8136157 	Phyllostomidae	Desmodus		rotundus	É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire	1810	1	Ann. Mus. Natn. Hist. Nat. Paris	0.750694	Common Vampire Bat	 cinerea D'Orbigny, 1834; dorbignyi Waterhouse, 1838; ecaudatus Schinz, 1821; fuscus Burmeister, 1854; mordax Burmeister, 1879; murinus Wagner, 1840; rufus Wied-Neuwied, 1824	Paraguay, Asunci&oacuten (restricted by Cabrera, 1958)	Sonora, Nuevo Le&oacuten, and Tamaulipas (Mexico) south through N Chile, N Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay; Margarita Isl (Venezuela); Trinidad	Not listed.	Least Concern	See Greenhall et al. (1983).	Desmodus rotundus	1004880	23	Common Vampire Bat		Theria	Placentalia	Boreoeutheria	Laurasiatheria	CHIROPTERA	VESPERTILIONIFORMES	NA	NA	NOCTILIONOIDEA	Phyllostomidae	DESMODONTINAE	DESMODONTINI	Desmodus	NA	rotundus	É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire	1810	1						"Paraguay." Restricted by A. Cabrera in 1958 to Asunción, Paraguay.			rotundus (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1810)|ecaudatus (Schinz, 1821)|rufus Wied-Neuwied, 1826|infundibiliforme (Rengger, 1830)|cinerea (d'Orbigny, 1835)|dorbignyi Waterhouse, 1838|murinus J. A. Wagner, 1840|fuscus Burmeister, 1854|mordax Burmeister, 1879	NA	NA				Mexico|Belize|Guatemala|El Salvador|Honduras|Nicaragua|Costa Rica|Panama|Colombia|Venezuela|Trinidad & Tobago|Guyana|Suriname|French Guiana|Ecuador|Peru|Brazil|Bolivia|Paraguay|Uruguay|Argentina|Chile	North America|South America	Nearctic|Neotropic	LC	0	0	0	Desmodus_rotundus	0	sciname match	Desmodus_rotundus	0	Burgin, C. J., Zijlstra, J. S., Becker, M. A., Handika, H., Alston, J. M., Widness, J., Liphardt, S., Huckaby, D. G., and Upham, N. S. (2025). How many mammal species are there now? Updates and trends in taxonomic, nomenclatural, and geographic knowledge. Journal of Mammalogy in revision: TBD. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.02.27.640393	Desmodus_rotundus	1004880	23	Common Vampire Bat		Theria	Placentalia	Boreoeutheria	Laurasiatheria	Chiroptera	Yangochiroptera	NA	NA	Noctilionoidea	Phyllostomidae	Desmodontinae	Desmodontini	Desmodus	NA	rotundus	É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire	1	Phyllostoma rotundum	Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, É. 1810. Sur les phyllostomes et les mégadermes, deux genres de la famille des chauve-souris. Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle 15:157-198.	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3546866 | https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3546877				"Paraguay." Restricted by A. Cabrera in 1958 to Asunción, Paraguay.			NA	NA				Mexico|Belize|Guatemala|El Salvador|Honduras|Nicaragua|Costa Rica|Panama|Colombia|Venezuela|Trinidad and Tobago|Guyana|Suriname|French Guiana|Ecuador|Peru|Brazil|Bolivia|Paraguay|Uruguay|Argentina|Chile	North America|South America	Nearctic|Neotropic	LC	0	0	0	Desmodus_rotundus	0	sciname match	Desmodus_rotundus	0	Simmons, N. B., & Cirranello, A. L. (2025). Batnames.org Species List Version 1.7 (1.7). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14796586	Phyllostomidae	Desmodus		rotundus	É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire	1810	1	Ann. Mus. Natn. Hist. Nat. Paris	0.750694	Common Vampire Bat	cinerea D'Orbigny, 1834; dorbignyi Waterhouse, 1838; ecaudatus Schinz, 1821; fuscus Burmeister, 1854; mordax Burmeister, 1879; murinus Wagner, 1840; rufus Wied-Neuwied, 1824	Paraguay, Asunci&oacuten (restricted by Cabrera, 1958)	Sonora, Nuevo Le&oacuten, and Tamaulipas (Mexico) south through N Chile, N Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay; Margarita Isl (Venezuela); Trinidad	<a href='https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php' target='_blank'>Not Listed</a>	<a href='https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/6510/21979045/' target='_blank'>Least Concern</a>	See Greenhall et al. (1983).		Mammal Diversity Database. (2025). Mammal Diversity Database (Version 2.2) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15007505	NA	Desmodus rotundus; Desmodus rotundus; Desmodus rotundus; Desmodus rotundus; Desmodus rotundus; Desmodus rotundus; cinerea; dorbignyi; ecaudatus; fuscus; mordax; murinus; rufus; rotundus; murinus; cinerea; dorbignyi; ecaudatus; fuscus; mordax; murinus; rufus; rotundus; ecaudatus; rufus; infundibiliforme; cinerea; dorbignyi; murinus; fuscus; mordax; Vampire commun; Gewohnlicher Vampir; Vampirocomun; Common Vampire Bat; Common Vampire Bat; Common Vampire Bat; D. rotundus